Tennessee, 2023Excessive Heat and Hail in Tennessee, June 29, 2023
June 29, 2023 · NWS OHX · 18 events in 8 counties and zones
A Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) developed over Illinois and Indiana early on June 29, 2023, and traveled southward into Middle Tennessee by late morning and early afternoon. As this line of thunderstorms did so, they produced severe wind gusts with several reports of downed tress and power lines received.
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- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $71,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
A Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) developed over Illinois and Indiana early on June 29, 2023, and traveled southward into Middle Tennessee by late morning and early afternoon. As this line of thunderstorms did so, they produced severe wind gusts with several reports of downed tress and power lines received. Across southwest Middle Tennessee, isolated thunderstorms quickly strengthened and produced up to baseball size hail across portions of Lawrence County. Unfortunately, this event did lead to one fatality with a 52-year-old woman in Maury County killed after a tree fell on her during a severe thunderstorm.
Event by event
15 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Sumner
- When
- June 29, 11:14 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, 1.27 mi ENE of Kansas
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 36.460, -86.361
Estimated 60 mph winds downed a tree along Rock Bridge Road near Bethpage. Damages are estimated for the tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- June 29, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, 0.27 mi NNW of Rayon City
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 36.274, -86.672
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree onto a driveway on Shelby Street in Old Hickory. Damages are estimated for the tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- June 29, 11:35 AM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, 0.69 mi E of Berryville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.201, -86.618
Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted a tree near Lebanon Pike and Tyler Drive in Hermitage. Damages are a rough estimate.
Thunderstorm Wind, Davidson
- When
- June 29, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, 0.62 mi SSE of Nashville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 36.162, -86.774
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree onto a car along 1st Avenue in southeast Nashville. Damages are estimated.
Excessive Heat, Hickman
- When
- June 29, 12:13 PM CST to 12:43 PM CST
- Where
- Hickman forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 35.803, -87.473 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A CWOP station in Pleasantville measured a max heat index value of 111 degrees during the early afternoon hours.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- June 29, 12:14 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, 0.69 mi N of Sewart Afb
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 36.010, -86.520
An AWOS station at the Smyrna Airport measured a 60 mph wind gust during a severe thunderstorm.
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- June 29, 12:28 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, 2.07 mi N of Berrys Chapel
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -86.880
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree and crushed part of a residence along Featherstone Drive in the Grassland community north of Franklin. Damages are a rough estimate.
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- June 29, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Leipers Fork
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -87.000
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree and power lines in Leipers Fork, southwest of Franklin. Damages are a rough estimate.
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- June 29, 12:43 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Ewingville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.920, -86.870
Severe thunderstorm winds downed large tree limbs onto a deck in downtown Franklin. Damages are estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Williamson
- When
- June 29, 12:44 PM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, 1.78 mi SE of Kirkland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.800, -86.660
Severe thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree in College Grove. Damages are estimated for the tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Maury
- When
- June 29, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Maury County, 0.31 mi NNE of Spring Hill
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 35.754, -86.927
A #tspotter reported via Twitter that a few trees in Spring Hill were downed during severe thunderstorm winds with power lines fallen at Highway 31 and Locke Avenue. Damages are estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Maury
- When
- June 29, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Maury County, 0.87 mi NNE of Kedron
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.711, -86.912
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree along Kedron Road in Spring Hill. The fallen tree killed a 52-year-old woman named Nikki when she was in her yard. Her boyfriend found her and tried to perform CPR, but she was pronounced dead.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rutherford
- When
- June 29, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, 1.32 mi ENE of Fosterville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 35.660, -86.400
Severe thunderstorm winds snapped a large tree in Fosterville. Damages are estimated for the tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bedford
- When
- June 29, 1:22 PM CST
- Where
- Bedford County, 1.26 mi NNW of Shelbyville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 35.498, -86.476
A #tspotter reported via Twitter that severe thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in Shelbyville, including one on Mac Street. Damages are a rough estimate.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- June 29, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 0.89 mi NW of Gaitherville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 35.260, -87.380
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a large tree in Lawrenceburg. Damages are estimated for the tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lawrence
- When
- June 29, 2:18 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 0.69 mi S of Lawrenceburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 35.240, -87.330
Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree onto a house in Lawrenceburg and also downed power lines. Damages are a rough estimate.
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- June 29, 2:48 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 0.89 mi NE of Chinubee
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 35.140, -87.510
Estimated baseball size hail fell from a severe thunderstorm southwest of Lawrenceburg. No damages were reported.
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- June 29, 2:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 1.32 mi WSW of Westpoint
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 35.120, -87.550
Estimated 1.75 inch hail fell from a severe thunderstorm southwest of Lawrenceburg. Damages were not reported.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 29, 20232 injured · EF2 · 229 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Colorado, June 29 to 30, 20231 death · 5 injured · $79,000 · 2.5 in hail · 38 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 20231 injured · $9.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 46 events
- Heat in Nevada, June 29, 20231 death · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Maine, June 29, 2023$6.5 million · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 2023$450,000 · 1.25 in hail · 8 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, June 29, 2023$296,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kentucky, June 29 to 30, 2023$30,000 · 1.5 in hail · 36 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, June 29, 2023$79,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 20232 injured · 104 kt wind · 33 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 2023$30,000 · 1 in hail · 15 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 2023$51,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1097671, 1097672, 1098144, 1097690, 1097695, 1097691, 1097692, 1097694, 1097673, 1097674, 1097675, 1097676, 1097677, 1097678, 1097679, 1097680, 1097683, 1097685.